20 APR 2024 · On Episode 398 we discuss... → How the Weasleys don't care about Harry yet → Turquoise is an odd choice for a car → Lockhart is a "watered down soda" → We need to see the tax slips → So many holes in the plan → Ginny in the wild → Same day, different story

6 APR 2024 · On Episode 397 we discuss... → Hagrid's arrested development → Dragon eggs → The actor who plays the girl in Damsel → Held back students → What is stoat? → Ron impresses us, again → Subway Cloak → Dragons, Lions, and Bears

23 MAR 2024 · On Episode 396 we discuss... → Molly and vehicular manslaughter → Grunge era, 90s' cool, Bill → Hermione, torn between amusement and anxiety → No one cares about Bertha → The complicated relationship between Molly, George, and Fred → A plea for Percy → Ginny is just awesome

9 MAR 2024 · On Episode 395 we discuss... → How the movie did it better → Elves who work in houses → Lavender needs to read the room → Geoff REALLY doesn't like Cormac McLaggen → Snape teaches in a way that makes people remember → Dumbledore is the puppet master of Hagrid → Fred and George are smart little bullies

24 FEB 2024 · On Episode 394 we discuss... → the maturity of the Trio → The longing tension between Harry and Ginny → 90s tropes → Everybody Loves Molly → "We're coming with you" → The number of towers at Hogwarts → The slimy goo inside of all of us → Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life

10 FEB 2024 · On Episode 393 we discuss... → Voldemort's soft launch → Dueling clubs to get back in practice → Instructional DVDs → Hugs for Harry → In our feelings → Street cred for Filch → Summer break plans at Hogwarts

27 JAN 2024 · On Episode 392 we discuss... → Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child → Piggy Wiggly → Filch's redemption → Cats chose violence → Fleur might be a big softy → Snape's store of potion ingredients → Le-ion

13 JAN 2024 · On Episode 391 we discuss... → Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty" → Wizard plummers → Menacing ellipses → Pausing for effect → Voldemort is a dramatic B → The adventures of Tommy and Bianca → Grace Candido-Beecher shout out → Fawkes or convenient plot point → It's not weird, it's funny

30 DEC 2023 · On Episode 390 we discuss... → Adverbs and potentially bad writing → Sprouting it all up → Prophetic knives → Unbreakable Vows as kids → The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick → Chris Tingle → In-depth look at godparents → Christmas time with Fleur Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand. Her website is http://emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/ New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here:https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/ Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close She also edited these pop culture collections: Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672 Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

16 DEC 2023 · On Episode 389 we discuss... → Let's go to the hospital → Hermione puts the "camp" in camping → McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris → Dumbledore's Pager → Festive in death → Accio baby → Portrait powers activate!